There are some ways that a Spec Script writer can make the selling of her Script easier.
(a) Visual Writing: "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass..." ~ Anton Chekhov
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The famous line from Anton Chekhov describes it very nicely.
A lot of writers tend to write kind of a Novel instead of writing for a visual medium. When an Agent or a production company reads the script, they should be able to clearly visualize what the final movie would look like.
(b) Participate in the famous and selected Screenwriting competitions and flim festivals.
Nichols fellowship is a popular program that one must try in before others since Nichols make sure that the scripts are not already sold/optioned or have won prizes in other competitions.
http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/apply.html
An applicant’s total earnings for motion picture and television writing may
not exceed US$5,000 before the end of the competition. This limit applies to
compensation for motion picture and television writing services as well as
for the sale of (or sale of an option to) screenplays, teleplays, stage
plays, books, treatments, stories, premises and any other source material
Right now Toronto Film Festival(http://www.tiff.net/) is going on, which I don't
think has a Screenwriting competition though Cinequest at San Jose is coming
and
there is below a post that has it's Submission deadline for Oct
9th.
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